Himax Technologies, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:HIMX) shares increased 0.57% to $10.67 in the pre-market hour. The company announced the Company attended two investor conferences in September 2013. Credit Suisse Asian Technology Conference 2013 on September 11-13, 2013 at Grand Hyatt Hotel, Taipei TAIWAN and Oppenheimer 1st Emerging Innovations Conference: Next Gen Display & Touch Technologies September 17, 2013 at Grand Hyatt, New York City US.

Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR)(NASDAQ:BIDU) shares increased 0.48% to $157.54 in the pre-market hour. The company on Oct. 7 announced the appointment of Mr. Liu Dejian as a director of the Company, effective October 7, 2013. ”We are very pleased to welcome Mr. Liu to Baidu’s Board of Directors,” said Robin Li, chairman and chief executive officer of Baidu. “His innovative leadership style and pedigree as an Internet entrepreneur will be of great value to Baidu. We are confident that he will make a significant contribution to our efforts to consolidate our leading position in China.”

Additionally, the company on Oct. 3 announced that its free antivirus product, Baidu Antivirus, has been awarded VB100 certification from Virus Bulletin just 7 months after its launch in March 2013. To win the prestigious VB100 award, an antivirus product must detect all malware samples found recently “in the wild” by the WildList Organization and generate no false positives when scanning a large set of clean samples.

Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE:WLT) shares increased 0.33% to $15.17 in the pre-market hour. The company on Oct. 3 said that its chief financial officer, Charles Cauthen, is leaving the loan-servicing company early next year. Cauthen is expected to step down in March 2014. Walter Investment will start searching for a successor. An email requesting further detail from the company was not immediately returned.

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